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post #31 of 40
11/23/09 at 3:57am
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Originally Posted by wmmk View Post
Undoubtedly a good list of books, but it seems to stress the idea that a great man ought to read all of these, or at least most of them. As why implied, most of this blog's readers are less than likely to reread any of these very many times. To quote Flaubert, "What a scholar one might be if one knew well only some half a dozen books."

Now that is an interesting idea.... time for a new thread.
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post #32 of 40
11/23/09 at 2:19pm
I just got The Picture of Dorian Gray on my iPhone via Eucalyptus+Gutenberg. I hope it's good. More importantly, I hope I can stand reading it on the iPhone.
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post #33 of 40
11/23/09 at 6:52pm
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Originally Posted by Agnacious View Post
I have read 36.5 (I can't make it through Moby Dick). I was surprised to see The Metamorphosis listed. I read that about 30 years ago and all I remember is man wakes up as a bug. I am guessing I missed the sociopolitical message so it is probably due for a revisit.

I was actually going to start a thread about the Tarzan books, but now I don't have to. I read all the books, 30 something, at the same time as my father. He would read one first and leave it outside his door for me. We had great times talking about the books and really brought us closer, it is one of my favorite memories from my youth.

We still trade books, though he reads at a much faster clip than I am able to at this point.
Pro tip: Skip the chapters on different types of harpoons, etc. Makes it a real quick read
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post #34 of 40
11/23/09 at 6:56pm
Man, there are like 7 books about Teddy Roosevelt on there. Serious mancrush happening.
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post #35 of 40
11/23/09 at 7:46pm
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Jules Verne is not on the list?!?!?! The Russian selection is OK ... would love to see some Solzhenitsyn.

+1. I would have liked to see One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch included. That was a great read.
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post #36 of 40
11/23/09 at 8:45pm
To quote Hemingway, "anyone who says, 'to quote Flaubert' gets punched in the nose."
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post #37 of 40
11/24/09 at 2:08am
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I just got The Picture of Dorian Gray on my iPhone via Eucalyptus+Gutenberg. I hope it's good. More importantly, I hope I can stand reading it on the iPhone.

It's a boring read at first, but it'd grow on you.
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post #38 of 40
11/24/09 at 4:04pm
Alright, went back - read 42 or 43, depending on how you coutn the Iliad.

Not bad for my age, I guess. I read most of the good ones, anyways.
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post #39 of 40
11/24/09 at 4:40pm
Only 33 for me. I don't know whether that makes me un-manly, ill-educated or un-American. Maybe all three.
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post #40 of 40
11/24/09 at 7:07pm
"Nothing is worse than a man being caught using language of which he is unfamiliar with its proper meaning or origin. Also, it is a great book." regarding Catch 22 goddamn if that isn't true. i hope i find much of this list in my stocking this year =D
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